Sunday To-Do

1. Set up auction for red-leather book
2. Eat breakfast. Do not drink more than four cups of coffee. um. oops?
3. Salute the cats
4. Clean cat boxes
5. Set bread to risebake
6. Proofread Ghost Ship (read today's 100 pages; read 100 pages tomorrow and the thing's done.
7. Laundry
8. Eat lunch
9. Supper, too
10. Go to bed before 2 a.m. No. Really. I'm going! I'm going!

For those playing along at home -- Steve has achieved Baltimore, and has seen his mom. Various family stuff proceedeth.

Regarding the Ghost Ship galleys, yesterday in the course of my proofreading, I came across two things added in by the editor*. One of them, to my embarrassment, I thought I had fixed myself in revision, but apparently not. Sigh. This is why we have editors, and why the idea of Renouncing Traditional Publishing and Showing Them All!, while occasionally attractive, is maybe really not the road everyone ought to take. Especially if you are -- as most writers of course are not! -- just a little prone to wearing your nerves on your sleeve.

Now, having said the above -- I have an Idea. It would be more of an Idea if the perfessers would leave over dinning in my ears so I could have five minutes to think, but -- summer's coming. And not a minute too soon.

Anyhow, just, yanno, casually asking -- would you be interested in a web serial detailing the various doings of the courier ship Ride the Luck? I'm envisioning a series of interlocked short stories. Would you be willing to subscribe to such an endeavor, knowing that there would be no reward beyond the Warm Fuzzies?

And now! The laundry calls.


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*Both to the benefit of the story.

Auction Scheduled

The auction for the leather bound copy of Pilots Choice will go live on eBay at 3 p.m. Eastern today. It will run for seven days.

The listing title is: Rare Leather Bound Edition of Pilots Choice


I note that eBay no longer allows the seller to accept money orders in payment -- I think I had told someone that was an option -- I was in error. I am not happy about this (new to me) policy at eBay, but there we are.

Also! When the item goes live, you will notice a modest starting bid; also a buy-it-now price. The buy-it-now is in response to a correspondent who...strongly felt that option should be made available to collectors.

If, after the listing goes live, you see errors, or things that could be clearer, please let me know. I can amend the listing. I don't want to surprise or misinform anyone, and above all, Steve and I want the book to go to a good home.

Auction live NOW

...at 3 p.m. PACIFIC, not Eastern. Duh.

Here's the link

The $20 minimum bid has been met.

Have fun.